----For a 3-bedroom flat at Peggy’s Pointe
You might think you know Abuja but you do not know the city if you
do not know the areas where the rich and powerful lives. Take for instance
Peggy’s Pointe located nearly opposite the Maitama Hospital and not too far
from Dunes. It is an estate that stands out not just by the high and mightily
imposing gate but the ferocious looking but cautious guards who keep sentry at
the gate as well as other strategic outposts in the estate.
It is perhaps one of the most policed estates in the country
though the uniformed men who police the estate are armed they are cautious and
from their approach you would know that they are well-trained. Virtually every
part of the estate is believed to be secured through close circuit cameras and
guests are thoroughly frisked before they are allowed in. As expected you
cannot just walk in unless the tenant you are visiting notify the gates and
confirm your identity.
Electricity and water run twenty four hours and the estate is said
to have its own relaxation spots as well as other recreational facilities and
well cleaned and beautified environment. Abujareporter.com gathered that for a
3-bedroom flat tenants pay 100,000 dollars annually and they pay less for
smaller apartments. Payments are made in hard currency as the owner of the
estate does not take Nigerian Naira.
Most of the resident are believed to be workers with embassies and
International organisations as well as prominent Nigerians who have homes in
other parts of the town but who prefer to live there in other to keep off
guests and unwanted visitors.
Meanwhile there are other estates that rival Peggy’s Pointe,
charging between 50,000 and 70,000dollars per annum for the same set of
apartments. There is also the Ancestors’ Court as well as the Bank of Industry
Estate both located in Maitama and Asokoro respectively. Both estates are not
just beautiful with imposing gates and well secured with security cameras as
well as other amenities. The Ancestors’ court charges around 55,000 dollars per
annum while residents pay another 2 million Naira as service charge. It prides
itself as the most beautiful of all the estates.
Apart from this, there is also the Bank of Indu
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